ARPG+: Teaching Students to Ask Effective Questions for Educational LLM Use
Large language models are now common in classrooms, but most students lack the skill to craft effective prompts. ARPG+ introduces a real‑time coaching platform that detects learner struggle, measures cognitive overload, and provides calibrated, just‑in‑time scaffolding. In simulated trials, the system lifted prompt quality by 143% and helped 91% of users achieve independent prompting, outperforming static‑template approaches. The architecture blends a lightweight‑deep model for instant feedback with deeper analysis for complex interactions, enabling scalable, domain‑agnostic support.
Securing Remote Server Access: Why VPNs Matter for Administrators
Remote server administrators face brute‑force, phishing and malware attacks when SSH or RDP are exposed to the internet. Deploying a corporate VPN tunnels remote connections through encrypted channels, limiting access to authenticated users and removing direct exposure of critical ports....
ALPS Electrification ETFs Target AI Energy Demand
ALPS Advisors introduced two thematic ETFs to capture the electrification infrastructure needed for AI‑driven data‑center growth. The ALPS Electrification Infrastructure ETF (ELFY) provides equal‑weighted exposure to utilities, uranium, copper and two additional sectors, preventing any single stock from dominating performance....
Students Are Using AI to Guide College Decisions. What Is It Telling Them?
Students are turning to AI tools to research colleges, with 46% of a 5,000‑student survey using AI in fall 2025, up from 26% in spring. One‑third said AI introduced a school they hadn’t considered, while one‑fifth removed a school after...
Plata Hits $5 Billion Valuation in Bicycle Capital-Led Funding
Plata raised $405 million in a Series C round, pushing its valuation to $5 billion—the largest for a private financial services firm in Latin America. The round was led by Bicycle Capital and included investors Kora, Qatar Investment Authority and BTG Pactual. The funding...
Revolutionizing Fintech: How AI Is Transforming Investing
BridgeWise, a New York‑based fintech founded in 2019, is leveraging large‑language‑model AI to deliver instant fundamental analysis and personalized investment strategies across global equities. At FinovateEurope 2026, CRO Nitzan Nachum highlighted the firm’s mission to eliminate information asymmetry that has...
HyperAOE: Generalizing Zero-Shot Cross-City Trajectory Prediction with Hypernetworks
Researchers unveiled HyperAOE, a hypernetwork‑based framework that extends the earlier H0xtra model to achieve zero‑shot cross‑city trajectory prediction without any target‑city mobility data. The system decomposes the problem into three interchangeable components—spatial meta‑data, a city encoder, and a sequence‑to‑sequence backbone—allowing...
Space Force’s 2040 Vision: A Larger Force to Contend with Larger Chinese, Russian Threats
The U.S. Space Force released two strategic papers—Objective Force 2040 and Future Operating Environment 2040—outlining a vision for a larger, AI‑driven force to counter accelerating Chinese and Russian space capabilities. The documents forecast China operating roughly 21,000 satellites by 2040...
It’s Not An AI Hallucination — It’s Lazy Editing Of A Human Paralegal
A New Jersey district court sanctioned attorney Geoffrey Mott after a paralegal’s careless citation swaps produced a brief riddled with incorrect and outdated case references. The judge found no generative AI was used; the error stemmed from the paralegal misapplying...
PROLLENIUM® Expands PACE with Launch of New Digital Training Portal
PROLLENIUM® launched the PACE Training & Education Portal, a digital platform that expands its Advanced Clinical Education program for aesthetic practitioners. The portal aggregates AI‑powered anatomy tools, product training, clinical insights, and business development modules, all delivered through personalized, gamified...
Anthropic's Mythos Triggers Cybersecurity Race — CrowdStrike, Rubrik, Cloudflare Stand To Gain
Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing and the Claude Mythos model, an AI system that can autonomously discover and exploit software vulnerabilities at scale. ARK Invest highlighted Mythos' 93.9% SWE‑bench and 83.1% CyberGym scores as evidence of a new era in software...
Distributed AI Is Putting Real-Time Data Replication at the Core of Enterprise Infrastructure
Enterprises are adopting distributed multicloud architectures to power latency‑critical AI workloads, making real‑time data replication a foundational requirement. Oracle’s GoldenGate platform is positioned as the universal replication layer that can follow data wherever it resides, from edge devices to large...
4 Android Apps I Keep on a Spare Phone to Turn It Into a Useful Home Gadget
Technology journalist Brady Snyder shows how a spare Android phone can become a multi‑purpose home gadget. By installing four free or low‑cost apps—Google Home, Symfonium, Alfred Camera, and Physics Toolbox—the device can serve as a smart‑home controller, music streamer, security...
New AgingFly Malware Used in Attacks on Ukraine Govt, Hospitals
CERT‑UA uncovered a new malware family called AgingFly targeting Ukrainian government agencies, hospitals and possibly Defense Forces. The campaign begins with phishing emails offering humanitarian aid, leading victims to click links that deliver malicious LNK shortcuts and HTA files. Once...
AI Agents Are only as Smart as the Data that Feeds Them
Enterprises are discovering that AI agents falter when their underlying data lacks business semantics. Traditional data platforms focus on storage and performance, leaving business meaning to fragmented documentation, which leads agents to produce plausible but semantically incorrect answers. By anchoring...
It only Took 7 Minutes to Create an AI-Generated Val Kilmer for a Scene in His New Movie
Director Coerte Voorhees and producer John Voorhees announced that their 1920s drama "As Deep as the Grave" will feature an AI‑generated performance of the late Val Kilmer. After Kilmer’s death, the filmmakers used archival footage and artificial intelligence to recreate...
OPM Adds Cybersecurity Jobs to Tech Force Hiring Program
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has expanded its Tech Force hiring program to include cybersecurity specialists, adding to existing roles for software engineers, data scientists and product managers. The initiative aims to fill temporary two‑year positions that protect critical...
The Rise of Grey Zone Satellites: Ambiguity as a Tactical Advantage
The article outlines a new “Grey Zone” in space where states favor non‑kinetic, deniable tactics over traditional kinetic anti‑satellite strikes. By exploiting gaps in the Outer Space Treaty, actors use directed‑energy lasers, electronic jamming, and cyber‑infiltration to soft‑kill satellites while...
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This New SoFi Offer Turns a $50 Deposit Into a Shot at $1,000
SoFi is rolling out a "Bank Shot Bonus" that lets new customers win cash prizes ranging from $5 to $1,000 after opening a checking and savings account and depositing at least $50. The promotion runs through April 30 and is limited...
Critical MCP Integration Flaw Puts NGINX at Risk
Researchers at Pluto Security have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the popular nginx‑ui web console, identified as CVE‑2026‑33032 with a CVSS score of 9.8. The flaw resides in the MCP /message endpoint, which performs no authentication and can be exploited to...
Athena Launches FabOrchestrator™ to Bring Agentic AI Into Manufacturing Operations
Athena Technology Solutions unveiled FabOrchestrator™, billed as the manufacturing sector’s first Agentic AI Foundry. The platform layers autonomous AI agents atop existing MES systems such as Siemens Opcenter, turning fragmented data into actionable decisions. It automates reporting, ticket handling, system...
Y Combinator-Backed AI Call Receptionist Raises $22 Million Series A
Y Combinator‑backed Phonely announced a $22 million Series A round, valuing the AI call‑receptionist startup at roughly $100 million. The funding, led by Base10 Partners and backed by YC and three enterprise customers, builds on a prior $750,000 seed raise. Phonely’s platform can...
GLP-1s Don't Work for Everyone: Why, and What to Do?
GLP‑1 receptor agonists have become a cornerstone of modern weight‑loss therapy, yet roughly 20% of patients fail to achieve meaningful reductions. A recent review proposes pairing a GLP‑1 drug with the naltrexone‑bupropion combo (Contrave) to address this gap, leveraging complementary...
Single Blood Sample Could Soon Screen for Several Cancers, Study Suggests
UCLA researchers unveiled MethylScan, a low‑cost blood test that reads DNA methylation patterns in cell‑free DNA to flag multiple cancers and liver diseases from a single draw. By stripping out 80‑90% of background DNA, the assay slashes sequencing needs, driving...
Space Force Unveils Vision for Future Space Operations in 2040
U.S. Space Force chief Gen. B. Chance Saltzman introduced the Future Operating Environment 2040 at the Space Symposium, outlining a long‑term vision for space operations through the next decade and beyond. The strategy treats space as a contested domain, emphasizing...
Google’s New Gemini App for Mac Comes With Two Key Benefits (and One Drawback)
Google has released a native Gemini app for macOS 15 and later, giving users a dedicated desktop experience that rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. The app can be summoned instantly with the Option + Space shortcut and lives in the menu...
The ‘Goldilocks Zone’: How the AI Factory Ends the Cycle of Rebuilding Pipelines From Scratch
Qlik Technologies introduced an “AI factory” that leverages conversational analytics to turn curated data into actionable decisions without rebuilding pipelines. The approach pairs governed data with a lakehouse architecture—dubbed the “Goldilocks zone”—built on open standards like Apache Iceberg. Ingersoll Rand, which...
Teledyne Space Imaging President Megan Tremer Shares Enabling Tech for Artemis II
Teledyne’s Space Imaging division is supplying critical hardware for NASA’s Artemis II mission, including the launch vehicle stage adapter and ground‑based solid‑state power amplifiers. President Megan Tremer highlighted the company’s ability to adapt technologies originally built for flagship programs like the...
Grok Faced Potential Removal From the App Store
Apple privately warned Elon Musk that his AI chatbot Grok could be removed from the App Store after the tool was found generating nude and sexualized deep‑fake images at scale. Bloomberg research showed Grok was producing more than 6,700 suggestive...
Color Test 'Sniffs Out' Dangerous Staph Strains Fast
Researchers at RMIT University have created a rapid, low‑cost color‑changing test that distinguishes virulent and antibiotic‑resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. The assay uses gold nanozyme particles and DNA aptamer binders to generate strain‑specific color fingerprints, functioning effectively in simulated wound fluid....
Quantum Simulations Reveal Spin Transport in 1D Materials
Researchers at Oak Ridge’s Quantum Science Center used a 40‑qubit IBM Heron processor to perform the first digital quantum simulations of spin‑transport dynamics in a one‑dimensional Heisenberg model. The study captured ballistic, diffusive and super‑diffusive regimes and validated the results...
Xbox's Studios Are Working 'Side-By-Side' With Microsoft On Project Helix
Microsoft confirmed that its first‑party Xbox studios are working side‑by‑side with the hardware team on the upcoming Project Helix console. Chief Content Officer Matt Booty said developers are involved from the earliest visioning and specification stages, ensuring software and hardware...
Class Action Targets Berkadia over Alleged Cyberattack Exposing Thousands' Data
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, the leading Freddie Mac lender, faces a proposed class action alleging a March 20 cyberattack by the ShinyHunters group. The breach reportedly exposed thousands of individuals' personal and financial data, including Social Security numbers and banking details. Plaintiffs claim...
Android 17 Stops Apps From Demanding Access to All Your Contacts
Google announced that all apps targeting Android 17 must use a new Google‑provided contact picker and a dedicated location button, restricting one‑time access to contacts and precise location data. Developers who need always‑on access must submit a Play Store declaration justifying the...
Blue Origin One Step Closer to Launching New Glenn From Vandenberg Space Force Base
Blue Origin has been down‑selected by the U.S. Space Force to develop Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking a critical step toward securing a lease and building a West Coast launch pad for its New Glenn heavy‑lift...
That Meeting You Hate May Keep A.I. From Stealing Your Job
Artificial intelligence is dramatically accelerating routine tasks for fractional executives, allowing Dan Sirk to shrink a multi‑month website build to a single month and compress a week‑long messaging strategy into under eight hours. These efficiency gains have enabled him to...
Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future Review – some of These Insights Into AI Are Just Mindblowing
Grayson Perry’s three‑part Channel 4 documentary "Has Seen the Future" dives deep into the cultural and ethical ramifications of artificial intelligence. It follows everything from a woman’s AI companion named Edward to a neural‑decoding startup harvesting celebrity brain data, and features...
Solid-State Batteries Could Shatter China's Grip on Global Energy Storage
The global lithium‑ion market reached $150 billion in 2025, but safety concerns and China’s dominance over lithium supply are spurring investment in alternatives. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced a polymer electrolyte that dramatically speeds ion movement, addressing a key...
The $90 Jacket That Isn’t There: Retail’s Spring/Summer Inventory Problem
Retail’s biggest hurdle is execution, rooted in chronic inventory inaccuracy that turns a simple $90 jacket into a lost sale. While U.S. e‑commerce hit $316 billion in Q4 2025 and omnichannel services are now standard, 83% of sales still happen in physical...
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Android Phones Aren’t at Risk of Long-Standing iPhone Tap-to-Pay Vulnerability [Video]
A five‑year‑old tap‑to‑pay flaw in iPhone’s Express mode lets large transit purchases bypass the lock screen, a vulnerability highlighted in a recent Veritasium video. Apple and Visa have been aware of the issue since 2021, but claim it falls under...
LinkedIn Expands AI-Powered Conversational Search
LinkedIn is extending its AI‑powered conversational search from Premium members to the entire user base, allowing anyone to type natural‑language prompts and receive context‑aware results. The upgrade adds typo tolerance, nickname matching, and personalized ranking based on profile data and...
SRP Brings Copper Crossing Solar Project Online to Support Grid and Research Efforts
Salt River Project (SRP) has placed its first owned solar facility, the 55‑MW Copper Crossing Energy and Research Center (CCERC) PV Solar Project, into service in Florence, Arizona. The plant will generate enough electricity to power roughly 11,000 homes and...
Meta Simplifies Ad Performance Elements
Meta introduced AI‑enhanced tools to simplify its Pixel and a one‑click setup for the Conversions API. The new Pixel feature automatically adds product names, availability and business details to event data, reducing manual coding. The Conversions API can now be...
Fiverr Denies ‘Major Security Lapse’ Despite Private User Data Appearing in Google Search
Fiverr says there is no major security breach, but a misconfigured Cloudinary storage bucket left private user documents publicly accessible. PDFs, images, tax forms and other sensitive files were indexed by Google after the platform used permanent URLs instead of...
Defining Acquisition on a Wartime Footing
The Space Force has placed its acquisition enterprise on a wartime footing, demanding faster, risk‑tolerant development cycles to protect warfighters. New policy prioritizes commercial‑first solutions, reduced regulation, and iterative production, backed by $700 million in STRATFI/TACFI funding matched by $1.9 billion of...
N-Able Exec On Disaster Recovery As A Service: We Are On The Front Line
N-able announced an expanded Disaster Recovery‑as‑a‑Service (DRaaS) aimed at managed service providers (MSPs), featuring a co‑managed, cloud‑native model that eliminates the need for MSPs to maintain their own recovery infrastructure. The solution leverages AI to accelerate incident discovery, turning months...
NASA Selects Voyager for Seventh Private Mission to Space Station
NASA announced that Voyager Technologies has been selected for the agency’s seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, slated for launch no earlier than 2028. The mission, designated VOYG‑1, will carry a crew of up to four astronauts...
The Myth of the CMMC “Easy Button:” Why Shortcuts Usually Collapse Under Scrutiny From a Third-Party Assessor
Defense contractors face intense pressure to meet CMMC Level 2 requirements on compressed timelines, turning what was once a planning exercise into a contractual mandate. The article warns that shortcuts—such as relying on shared multi‑tenant environments or skipping a proven reference...
NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial TDRSS Replacement
NASA issued a draft solicitation on April 10 for Project NEXUS, a commercial Ka‑band data‑relay service intended to replace the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS). The agency cites a continuity risk for legacy assets such as the Hubble Space...
GROWMARK Agronomists Embracing AI
GROWMARK has partnered with Intelinair to embed an AI agent within its myFS Agronomy app, allowing agronomists to process massive data sets in minutes. The AI-driven tool promises better seed placement, in‑season risk management, and tailored product guides. By automating...
